Actor info
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Name :
Edward Arnold
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Born :
February 17, 1890 in New York City, New York, USA (66 years at death)
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Died :
April 26, 1956
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
114 films (1916–2013)
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Also known as :
Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider
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Biography
Edward Arnold (born Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider; February 17, 1890 – April 26, 1956) was an American actor. Arnold began his acting career on the New York stage and became a film actor in 1916. A burly man with a commanding style and superb baritone voice, he was a popular screen personality for decades, and was the star of such film classics as Diamond Jim (1935) (a role he reprised in Le roman de Lillian Russell (1940)) Arnold appeared in over 150 films and was President of The Screen Actors Guild shortly before his death in 1956.
Notable films
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
- Living It Up (1954) as The Mayor of New York
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) as Jim Taylor
- You Can't Take It with You (1938) as Anthony P. Kirby
- Duck Soup (1933) as Politician (uncredited)
